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As a member of the MIAA and NCAA Division III associations, Hope College sponsors
22 varsity sports for men and women. The college is home to the 2014 NCAA Division
III National Championship women’s volleyball team.

Tracksters Receive Academic Honors

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Seven members of the 2009 Hope track and field teams have been named to the U.S. Track
& Field and Cross Country Coaches Association national all-academic team.

The seven Hope athletes are among 460 student-athletes from all NCAA Division III
institutions to receive the distinction. To qualify, an athlete must have a cumulative
grade-point average of at least 3.25 and obtained an NCAA automatic or provisional
qualifying mark for the national outdoor championships.

Five of the seven (Donkersloot, Kreichelt, Kuiper, Minkus and VandeGuchte) are being
honored for the second straight year.

Kuiper, this year's NCAA Division III champion in the 100-meter dash, is the only
senior in the group. Minkus will be a senior next school year. Honorees who will return
next season as juniors are Donkersloot, Kreichelt, and VanderGuchte. Walton will be
a sophomore. Grosse was an international student who will not be returning in 09-10.

Both the women's and men's track and field teams have been named to the association's
team honor roll for the third consecutive year.

The Flying Dutch had a cumulative 3.441 grade point average to rank 27th among all
NCAA Division III institutions. Two other MIAA women's teams achieved the honor roll
distinction, Calvin (3.581), and Albion (3.470). Shenandoah University of Virginia
topped the women's honor roll at 3.676.

The Flying Dutchmen had a cumulative 3.151 grade point average. Colorado College
led the men's honor roll at 3.490. Two other MIAA men's teams joined Hope on the men's
honor roll, Calvin (3.238) and Albion (3.100).